Meat-roasting apparatus.



H. KLEINr MEAT ROASTING APPARATUS.

Patented. Jan. 28, 1913.

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H. KLEIN.

MEAT ROASTING APPARATUS.

APLIOATION FILED JUNE 19, 1911.

m @U3 Patented Jan.28,1913

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Witnesses Inventor Attorneys litt srnrns HERMANN KLEIN, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

MEAT-ROAS'ILING- APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.'v

Application led June 19, 1911. teria! No. 633,951. l

To all whom t may concern Be it known that ll, HERMANN KLEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Meat-Roasting Apparatus, ot which the following is a specification.4

This invention relates to improvements in portable roasting ovens.

The invention has' for its object to provide tor suitably roasting meats of any hind, including fowls etc., while it is equally adapted i'or cooking other articles for food, as in baiting potatoes, pastry and the like.

A further object is to perform the baking or roasting operation in an edective or satisfactory manner.

A still further object is to prevent gravy, as in roasting or basting meats, etc., from dropping into the tire, it being desirable to reserve the gravy fior serving with the meat atter having been roasted,

A still further object is to carry out the aforesaid ends in a simple and expeditious way.

ln the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of myinvention, vvhereinit will be understood that various changes `andmodilcations may be made as relates to the details of the con struction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit of my inventiomligure l is a perspective view ct my improved portable roasting or basting oven, the same being in its open position. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof, the same being in its closed position. Fig. 3 is a detailed fragmentary sectional view, disclosing more especially the lower dobr or closure propping means for supporting the same in suitable open position.

ln carrying out my invention, l devise the oven of a suitable body portion or casing l, which is preferably of the general outline indicated in the drawings, the same having a vertically and downwardly opening door 2 in its front portion and an upwardly and vertically opening door 3 forming its top end. The doors are suitably furnished or equipped one /with the usual swiveled or vturn button i for its retention in closed po sition and tor opening and closing, the other or top door only requiring the use of a ngerhold 5. The top door or cover is also provided with an opening 6 about centrally therein, which .1s covered or controlled by a suitable slide or closure 7, for regulating the temperature within the oven, or reducing the same in event of excessive a preferably central peep opening 8, therethrough. The oven l is also provided with lsuitable hand-holds or loops 9 tor the coii vement transportation of the same, as in lifting it into position upon, and removing it trom the heater or burner, and carrying it from place to place.

A vtroughelilre su port, or bottom-torming member i0, is suitably disposed and supported preferably as shown, particularly by Fig., 2, in the lower part ot the oven l, said support having inclined lateral portions sloping toward its center, the central portion thereof termine` an air space or chamu ber ll communicating through preferably wire-net or gauze covered openings ll with the outside air, to modify the action of the heat directly impinging upon its under side to aid in preventing an excessive heating action thereon. ythat the heating or heat-receiving chamber designated as il is included in the lower part ot the oven, below the bottom-'forming member l0, the heat-currents being received thereinto througha suitable opening in the oven-bottoinfrom the burner or heater over which the oven may be placed. rlhe support l0 has upstanding lateral hollow portions 12' tor the reception ot the heat currents from the heating chamber' ll below, said upstanding lateral portions having apertures or perforationsl for the passage of said hot air-currents therethrough into the oven, to aid the heating action thereof. rll`he hollow upstanding lateral portions l2 have applied to their inner surfaces, over the apertures or peiforations 13, wire-netting 14 of the requisite neness of mesh, to guard against sparks passing therethrough, into the oven.

Suitable heat non-conducting material, as asbestos 10a. is suitably interposed between troughdike supporting member 10 and the pan 16 to further aid in modityingfor moderating the heating action or temperature of the oven. Also arranged within the oven pan 16, having its bottom conforming sub# the member 10 and adapted to suitably hold or contain Water as indicated for the purpose presently hexplained. The inner botheating action. The door or closure 2 has` lt will be understood stantially to the corresponding surface of' Patented dan. 2d, turd..

l, upon the bottom-forming member l0 is a grate later described, effects the suitable de-V Y livery of the gravy.

The pan 16 has a .chamber 16a formed in termediate its inner bottom or sloping gravy-receiving portion, and its bottom proper to contain Water as indicated 1n Fig. 2 for keeping down the temperature of the pan and accordingly preventing the l1ab1lity of the gravy received or dropping into said pan from burning or scorching as will be readily appreciated.

A grate 19, of suitable construction and having 'downwardly looped portions or pendants 20 serving as legs for the grate when removed fiom the oven, is suitably secured to pairs of upright angular cornerpieces or members 21 each pair being attached to, or formed in continuation of a longitudinal or base member 22 resting or 1supported upon the pan 16 as seen in Fig. 2. From this arrangement, it will be Seen that the meat or article being placed upon the grate 19` and t-he oven adjusted in place upon a heater or burner, for instance of the gasolene type, or a gas range, gravy, falling from said meat when the roasting action takes place, will enter the pan 16 and, as before stated, be drained off and down the spout 18, while the meat will be subjected to the requisite and desired roasting or basting action which, as has been found int practice, is performed in an eective and satisfactory manner.

A preferably drawer-like receptacle 23, which is readily removable by engaging its handle 24, is inserted through an opening V25 in the oven 1, and into said oven and so as to occupy a posit-ion below, and receive the gravy drained downwardly through the spout 18 of the vpan 16. The gravy, thus received into the drawer or receptacle 23, may be reserved foi-"serving with the meat rafter having been roasted.

A funnel-equipped tube 26, is suitably inserted through `and fixed in the oven, to provide for conveniently receiving and pouring water into the water or cooling chamber of the pan 16.

Suitable propping means, preferably as shown, may be, and are provided for suitably holding or sustaining the closures or doors 2 and 3 in open position, as indicated inFig. 1. Said propping means comprise,

as used in connection with the closure 3, a sectional jointed brace 27, with its sections pivotally connected to the closure and oven, respectively. As used in connection with the closure 2, the propping means may consist of opposed link members 28 having upper hooked or bent` ends engaging eyes or staples 29 whose forming plates are suitably secured or riveted to the outer surface of the closure. The lower ends of said link-members are similarly bent or hooked and engage elongated staples or keepers 30 secured to the outer surface of the lower front portion of the oven 1s In the upper portion of the oven is suitn` ably arranged and supported in the usual way, as well understood, a second grate member 31 upon which may be baked potatoes and the like, as may be desired, which having been roasted; also that the gravy is intercepted from falling into the ash.

It is also observed that the invention is simple in construction, including but few parts, is readily manipulated and inexpensive of manufacture, while it may be used inl connection with a gas-range, gasoleneburner, or be otherwise applied for receiving a heating action.

I claim 1. An oven comprising a pan having a gravy-draining bottom, a heating chamber Y within the lower portion of the oven, a bottom-forming member receiving and supporting said pan, anda cooling chamber intermediate said pan and saidbottomforming member, said bottom-forming member constituting the upper surface of said heating chamber, said' pan 4having an outlet at its draining side.

2. A roasting oven comprising a troughlike bottom-forming member, a gravy-receiving and draining pan having its bottom conforming substantially to said trou hlike bottom-forming member, a heatmg chamber within the lower portion of the oven,r and a cooling chamber intermediate said pan and said trough-like bottom-forming member, said trough-like bottom forming member constituting the upper surface of said heating chamber, said pan having an outlet at its draining side.

' 3. 'A roasting oven comprising a troughlike bottom-forming member, a gra receiving pan having an inclined bottom with the slope directed toward a corner-edge or diagonally of the pan, said pan bottom also conforming substantially to .said troughlike bottom forming member, a heating chamber within the lower portion 'of the oven, and a cooling chamber intermediate said pan and said trough-like bottom-forming member constituting the upper surface of said heating chamber, said pan having an outlet at the base of the inclination of its bottom.

4. A roasting oven comprising a heating chamber in the lower portion thereof, a

gravy-receiving pan having a draining bottom, a trough1ike bottom-forming member, said pan-bottom conforming substantially to said trough-like bottom forming member, said trough-like bottom-forming member constituting the top of said heating chamber, a water containing chamber intermediate said pan-bottom and said heating chamber, a receptacle to receive the drained gravy from said pan, and means for receiving and allowing the supply of `water to said water-containing receptacle.

5. A roasting oven comprising a troughlike bottom-forming member, a gravy-receiving pan having its bottom conforming substantially to said trough-like bottomforming member, said pan being provided with an outlet extending through said trough-like member and the bottom of said pan, and a heating' chamber within the lower portion of the oven and whose upper surface is formed by said trough-like bottom-forming member.

6. A roasting oven comprising a troughlike bottom-forming member, a heating chamber within the lower portion of said oven and whose upper surface is formed by said trough-like bottom-forming mem ber, said bottom-forming member having lateral upstanding perforated portions delivering a portion of the heat from said heating chamber into the upper portion of the oven, and a gravy-receiving pan having its bottom conforming substantially to said trough-like bottom-forming member, and means for effecting the discharge of the contents'of said pan.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HERMANN KLEIN.

Witnesses:

HERMANN PETSCH, E. W. BRAUN'. 

